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Italian singer Andrea Bocelli performed a beautiful rendition of “Amazing Grace” at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. The event hosted several attendees such as President Joe Biden and several dozen members of Congress. “The ceremony featured numerous prayers, including one that Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn and New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand…

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According to Pope Francis, “sexual pleasure is a gift from God,” but Catholics should avoid pornography. He made the remarks during a catechesis devoted to the “vice of lust” at his general audience in Saint Peter’s Square. He said sexual pleasure was something to be cherished, but it was being “undermined by pornography,” and “satisfaction…

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Luke 9:23 reads, “Then he said to them, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” This Bible verse comes from the Gospel of Luke, one of the three synoptic Gospels. Luke, known as Luke the Evangelist, is widely recognized as the author…

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A Catholic priest is reaching the hearts of millions of TikTok users by sharing his story of turning away from drugs and toward a life filled with the Holy Spirit. Father Frank Cicero, who’s gained almost 14 million likes on TikTok, says he experienced a “wild ride of God’s goodness” after turning toward his Savior.…

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According to reports, plans to destroy the historic West Park Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, New York, due to financial struggles, have been stopped after objections from residents and celebrities, including Mark Ruffalo and Matt Damon. The 133-year-old church had intended to sell the property for development into luxury apartments. However, according to The New York…

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The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) shared the discovery of a 2,800-year-old pottery jar handle found in Ras el-‘Amud, Jerusalem a few years ago. The jar handle was discovered in the remains of a settlement dating from the Middle Canaanite Period (2200-1900 BC) and the First Temple Period (8th – 7th centuries BCE). It was found amongst…

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A breakthrough method is helping archaeologists confirm the conquest of Gath as described in 2 Kings 12. Researchers at 4 universities- Tel Aviv University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bar-Ilan University, and Ariel University- developed a new method which measures the earth’s magnetic field as it was “locked in” to burnt bricks discovered at the…

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Researchers at four Israeli universities have corroborated the occurrence of an event described in the Bible’s second book of Kings, the conquest of the Philistine city of Gath by Hazael, King Aram, using a “breakthrough” technology based on measuring the magnetic field recorded in burnt bricks. The discovery, achieved by scientists from Tel Aviv University,…

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A newly discovered pagan temple found beneath the streets of Italy may offer new insights to the current understanding of Rome’s Christian conversion. The find was announced at the annual Archeological Institute of America meeting by Douglas Boin, Ph.D., of history at Saint Louis University (SLU). “We found three walls of a monumental structure that…

A theology lecturer in the U.K. who was allegedly fired from his job at a Christian college over a tweet about biblical sexuality is suing to raise awareness and stop similar instances from happening. Dr. Aaron Edwards was removed from Cliff College in Derbyshire, England, last March after he sent a tweet defending traditional marriage,…

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